Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky

Dalcroze Solfège exercises

(Tschaikowsky used this theme throughout his 4th Symphony.) Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky

A glimpse of history shines through the music + lyrics of Volga Boatmen. (Here is the most famous depiction of the Burlaki, by Russian painter Ilya Repin.)

Birch trees - the beautiful white bark was used to make shoes. Birch trees are tapped for the sap, which makes a syrup that’s considered healthy.

Singing songs to the Russian Sun (“Yar” or “”) - the most important pagan God worshipped in Old Russia.

Mother River, deep and wide - an enormous amount of history is associated with the Volga, and many ethnic groups live on her banks. Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky

Russian proverbs show contrasting + complementary rhythm

Повторе́ние--мать уче́нья. Literal: Repetition is a mother of learning. (Practice makes perfect.)

Я не я, и ло́шадь не моя́. Literal: I am not I, and the horse is not mine. (The cat did it!)

Собака лает, но не кусает. Literal: Dog barks but doesn’t bite. (His bark is worse than his bite.)

У́тро ве́чера мудрене́е. Literal: Morning is wiser than the evening. (Sleep on it!) Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky

Crusis + Anacrusis:

Век живи́ -- век учи́сь.

Literal: Live for a century - learn for a century. (Live and learn.) Vek zhee-vee, vek u-chiss. \q e q. q e q.\

Рука́ ру́ку мо́ет.

Literal: Hands wash each other. (One hand washes the other.) Ru-ka ru-ku ma-yawt. e \q. e q e q Q \

Vasilisa the Beautiful at the Hut of by Ivan Bilibin

Some Russian Proverbs in English:

The wise have long ears and short tongues.

A kind word is like a spring day. Dalcroze with a russian accent! terry boyarsky

Using axial + locomotor movement, body percussion + Russian percussion, Kalinka expresses Russian character with its combination of steady beat, lyricism, accelerando and fermata.